PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Da Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rizer Mcmelon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Da Souza
vs
Mcmelon

184 cm
30
187 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

180 cm
28
170 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Da Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rizer Mcmelon!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Souza misses with a few strikes there.

Da Souza closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mcmelon to the mat! Mcmelon manages to get full guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Mcmelon controls Da Souza momentarily but Da Souza frees himself.
Da Souza throws a big elbow that misses.
Da Souza wants to control from the top but Mcmelon keeps moving.
Da Souza throwing strikes from guard but Mcmelon blocks nicely.
Mcmelon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mcmelon seems keen to control Da Souza's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Rizer Mcmelon.

Da Souza scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Da Souza prevents Mcmelon from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcmelon wants to control the action here but instead Da Souza manages to pass to full mount!
Da Souza has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Da Souza with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Da Souza thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

Da Souza looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Da Souza quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Da Souza but it's paid off an Mcmelon is forced to tap! Nice work by Da Souza.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ricardo Da Souza!